Re: v2.2.[01] nmap.nasl + OS detect problem + solution

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 07:09:05PM -0500, Brian Costello wrote:

Hi,

> After some work, a friend & I tracked this issue down to the 'Identify
> remote OS' NMAP wrapper option.  When this option was off, nmap scans worked
> every time, with it on, they failed pretty much every time.

Good analysis, thanks. I thought we had removed OS recognition from
nmap.nasl.

I think the cleanest fix would be to have nasl perform some laxist 
getrlimits() when the script is privileged. I'll add that on my todo
list, thanks.


				-- Renaud

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